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Recent Examples of midwife
That included $3 million that Odia was relying on, in part to pay her midwives.
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 5 May 2025
Goldberg makes a cameo in the feature, playing a midwife.
—Arabella Hau, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement This European Awakening was birthed not in Brussels but in the Oval Office, with the Kremlin acting as midwife.
—David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
In Hart’s case, that person was their midwife, Racha Tahani Lawler Queen.
—Stephanie Long, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 5 May 2025
Goldberg makes a cameo in the feature, playing a midwife.
—Arabella Hau, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement This European Awakening was birthed not in Brussels but in the Oval Office, with the Kremlin acting as midwife.
—David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
In Hart’s case, that person was their midwife, Racha Tahani Lawler Queen.
—Stephanie Long, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midwife
Noun
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The body takes a minimum of 13 weeks to recover, the nurse-midwife Helena A. Grant tells Somerstein.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2024
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Care that can currently be delivered by a nurse-midwife via a brief video call or online questionnaire would revert to a time-consuming and costly series of clinic visits with a physician.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2024
Noun
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This incident directly led to a rule change, giving doctors the final authority over player removal, rather than the manager.—
Geoff Scott,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Still, the only advice for men for now is to talk the issue over carefully with their doctors.—
Ronnie Cohen,
NPR,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Kering Foundation has supported La Maison des Femmes — a care center in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis for women in difficulty or victims of violence — since it was founded in 2016 by obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Ghada Hatem.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Lucca’s obstetrician might not have known to send her to genetics; her geneticist might not have been familiar with the IDENTIFY study.—
Laura Hercher,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While physicians don’t have a definitive answer as to why heart failure typically causes cognitive decline, the following factors may play a role: Changes to the heart.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
Health,
16 May 2025
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There are several reasons why these conditions go untreated and undetected—and many of them can be linked to inconvenience, maternal-fetal medicine physicians from some of America's best maternity hospitals told Newsweek.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
Noun
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This doc will ultimately be the legacy of the whole Slauson Rec experiment.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2025
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Over the last ten years, one that comes to mind is Crip Camp, which is a very beautiful doc that really resonates with our community and shows how much activists have worked to build a better world.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
19 May 2025
Noun
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But when the bump got a little bigger the next day, Myles’ father, Rondell Sr., suggested taking him to the pediatrician.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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Tightly pulling a black bag over information that could protect a child is like asking parents and pediatricians to drive blindfolded.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Armstrong-Jones was accompanied by his best man, Roger Gilliatt, who was the son of the Queen's gynecologist, according to The New York Times.—
Ariana Quihuiz,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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In the 1950s, a Sargent scholar wrote that the American beauty, who was married to a French banker, had an affair with her gynecologist, Samuel-Jean Pozzi, whom Sargent famously painted in a crimson cloak.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The medic noticed that her possessions, which included a CD player, CDs, medic training books and a wakeboard, were wet.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2025
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Airstrikes killed at least 103 people, including dozens of children, Saturday night and into Sunday, hospitals and medics said.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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“Midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midwife. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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